Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image by receiving incident light, to generate image data; a controller that controls an image shooting operation using the image sensor; a recorder that records the image data as a result of the image shooting operation; and an adjuster that adjusts a light reception rate in each position on an incident surface, the light reception rate allowing the image sensor to receive the light, the incident surface being entered by the light corresponding to an image represented by the image data. The controller controls the adjuster to render the light reception rate in a position corresponding to part of the image on the incident surface different from the light reception rate in another position thereon, and causes the image sensor to capture the image with the light reception rate rendered different by the adjuster in the image shooting operation.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus causes a display to display an image obtained in a virtual space, the display being provided for a user, the virtual space being configured to allow an avatar indicating the user to move. The information processing apparatus includes: an input interface that receives a user operation to set a specific object as a target for predetermined image processing, among objects arranged in the virtual space; and a controller that causes the display to display a processed image obtained by applying the image processing to the specific object in the virtual space, based on the user operation.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor generating original image data; an image processor performing image processing to generate image data; a storage storing a plurality of first parameter sets and at least one second parameter set; and a user interface receiving a user operation combining a first parameter set with a second parameter set. Each of the plurality of first parameter sets defines the effect in the image processing. Each of the at least one second parameter set defines a correspondence before and after color information in an image is converted. Based on the user operation, the image processor: adjusts an image indicated by the original image data, using the first parameter set included in the combination designated by the user operation; and converts color information included in the image adjusted by the first parameter set, using the second parameter set included in the designated combination.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject image via an optical system to generate image data; an input interface configured to acquire a zoom amount indicating a degree of a zoom operation by a user for an optical system; a controller configured to scale a cropped image from the image data to change, from a first focal length, a second focal length, according to the zoom amount acquired by the input interface, the first focal length being formed by the optical system and the second focal length corresponding to an angle of view of the subject image in the image data; and a setting interface configured to set a setting range, based on a user operation input before the zoom operation, the setting range enabling the second focal length to change according to the zoom amount.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor configured to capture a subject image via an optical system to generate image data; an input interface configured to acquire a zoom amount indicating a degree of a zoom operation by a user for an optical system; a controller configured to scale a cropped image from the image data to change, from a first focal length, a second focal length, according to the zoom amount acquired by the input interface, the first focal length being formed by the optical system and the second focal length corresponding to an angle of view of the subject image in the image data; and a setting interface configured to set a setting range, based on a user operation input before the zoom operation, the setting range enabling the second focal length to change according to the zoom amount.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: a communication interface that communicates data with an image processing apparatus connected via a communication network, an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data, a controller that transmits the image data to the image processing apparatus via the communication interface, to request image processing for the image processing apparatus on the image data, and a setting interface that acquires setting information on a request for image processing, according to user operation, wherein based on the setting information acquired with the user operation, the controller limits specific image data from the image data generated by the image sensor, to request, for the image processing apparatus, specific image processing thereon.

Abstract: A microwave irradiation device including: a holder that holds an irradiated object; a power feeder configured to conduct with an oscillator; and a directional antenna configured to emit microwaves from an irradiation source in an irradiation surface by power feed through conduction via the power feeder.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image by receiving light of a plurality of colors, to generate image data; a controller that controls the image sensor; and an adjuster that adjusts a light reception rate, in each position on an incident surface, the light reception rate allowing the image sensor to receive the light color by color, the incident surface being entered by the light corresponding to an image represented by the image data. The controller controls the adjuster to render the light reception rate of a specific first color in a position corresponding to part of the image on the incident surface different from the light reception rate of a first color in other positions, and causes the image sensor to capture the image with the light reception rate of the first color rendered different by the adjuster, generating image data representing the image.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image by receiving incident light, to generate image data; a controller that controls an image shooting operation using the image sensor; a recorder that records the image data as a result of the image shooting operation; and an adjuster that adjusts a light reception rate in each position on an incident surface, the light reception rate allowing the image sensor to receive the light, the incident surface being entered by the light corresponding to an image represented by the image data. The controller controls the adjuster to render the light reception rate in a position corresponding to part of the image on the incident surface different from the light reception rate in another position thereon, and causes the image sensor to capture the image with the light reception rate rendered different by the adjuster in the image shooting operation.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor generating original image data; an image processor performing image processing to generate image data; a storage storing a plurality of first parameter sets and at least one second parameter set; and a user interface receiving a user operation combining a first parameter set with a second parameter set. Each of the plurality of first parameter sets defines the effect in the image processing. Each of the at least one second parameter set defines a correspondence before and after color information in an image is converted. Based on the user operation, the image processor: adjusts an image indicated by the original image data, using the first parameter set included in the combination designated by the user operation; and converts color information included in the image adjusted by the first parameter set, using the second parameter set included in the designated combination.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes: an image sensor that captures a subject image to generate image data; an output interface that outputs information to a user; and a controller that controls the output interface, based on recording data and the image data generated by the image sensor, the recording data recording information on a first moving image, wherein the controller causes the output interface to output shooting assist information during shooting of a second moving image with the image sensor, the shooting assist information assisting the user to match the second moving image with the first moving image.

Abstract: The imaging device includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens unit detachably attached to the camera body, the imaging device including, an optical system including a focus lens, an infinite rotation type focus ring, a lens drive part moving the focus lens forward and backward in an optical axis direction of the optical system, a setting part allowing a user to set a rotation range of the focus ring, a storage part assigning and storing respective different rotation amounts of the focus ring to multiple positions within a movement stroke of the focus lens in accordance with a rotation range set in the setting part, and a control part driving the lens drive part to move the focus lens depending on a rotation amount of the focus ring to a position corresponding to the rotation amount stored in the storage part.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises: an imager that captures an image of a subject to generate image data; a first detector that detects a face region corresponding to a face of the subject in the image data; a second detector that detects a subject region corresponding to at least a part of the subject in the image data; and a controller that controls exposure based on metering for the image data, wherein the controller performs, when the face region is detected by the first detector, exposure compensation according to metering in the detected face region, and continues the exposure compensation according to the metering in the detected face region, when the detected face region is lost by the first detector and the subject region corresponding to the subject of the detected face region is detected by the second detector.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus comprises: an imager that captures an image of a subject to generate image data; a first detector that detects a face region corresponding to a face of the subject in the image data; a second detector that detects a subject region corresponding to at least a part of the subject in the image data; and a controller that controls exposure based on metering for the image data, wherein the controller performs, when the face region is detected by the first detector, exposure compensation according to metering in the detected face region, and continues the exposure compensation according to the metering in the detected face region, when the detected face region is lost by the first detector and the subject region corresponding to the subject of the detected face region is detected by the second detector.

Abstract: The imaging device includes a camera body and an interchangeable lens unit detachably attached to the camera body, the imaging device including, an optical system including a focus lens, an infinite rotation type focus ring, a lens drive part moving the focus lens forward and backward in an optical axis direction of the optical system, a setting part allowing a user to set a rotation range of the focus ring, a storage part assigning and storing respective different rotation amounts of the focus ring to multiple positions within a movement stroke of the focus lens in accordance with a rotation range set in the setting part, and a control part driving the lens drive part to move the focus lens depending on a rotation amount of the focus ring to a position corresponding to the rotation amount stored in the storage part.

Abstract: An image capturing device on which an interchangeable lens is mountable, the interchangeable lens including an optical axis direction position adjustment lens and an operation member to drive the optical axis direction position adjustment lens. The image capturing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation instruction made by a user, and a controller that controls operation of the image capturing device. The controller has a manual mode in which a position of the optical axis direction position adjustment lens is adjusted in accordance with operation of the operation member and an automatic mode. The controller sets a lock function enabled or disabled in accordance with the operation instruction acquired by the acquisition unit, the lock function being configured to prevent the optical axis direction position adjustment lens from being driven even when the user operates the operation member in the manual mode.

Abstract: An image capturing device on which an interchangeable lens is mountable, the interchangeable lens including an optical axis direction position adjustment lens and an operation member to drive the optical axis direction position adjustment lens. The image capturing device includes an acquisition unit that acquires an operation instruction made by a user, and a controller that controls operation of the image capturing device. The controller has a manual mode in which a position of the optical axis direction position adjustment lens is adjusted in accordance with operation of the operation member and an automatic mode. The controller sets a lock function enabled or disabled in accordance with the operation instruction acquired by the acquisition unit, the lock function being configured to prevent the optical axis direction position adjustment lens from being driven even when the user operates the operation member in the manual mode.

Abstract: A carrier for detecting food poisoning bacteria that is used to simultaneously detect Escherichia coli, Salmonella, Staphylococcus aureus, and Vibrio parahaemolyticus includes a plurality of probes comprising: a probe from a region of pyrH gene of Escherichia coli; a probe from a region of vtx1 gene of Escherichia coli; a probe from a region of vtx2 gene of Escherichia coli; a probe from a region of invA gene of Salmonella; a probe from a region of dnaJ gene of Staphylococcus aureus; a probe from a region of toxR gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus; a probe from a region of tdh gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus; a probe from a region of trh1 gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus; and a probe from a region of trh2 gene of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, wherein the probes are immobilized on the carrier.

Abstract: A method for simultaneously detecting enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Escherichia coli (including enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli) includes extracting genomic DNA from a sample; performing multiplex PCR for amplifying DNA fragments comprising a region of a uridine monophosphate kinase gene (pyrH) of Escherichia coli, DNA fragments comprising a region of a verotoxin 1 gene (vtx1) of Escherichia coli, and DNA fragments comprising a region of a verotoxin 2 gene (vtx2) of Escherichia coli, wherein the genomic DNA is used as a template; and simultaneously detecting presence or absence of each amplified product, whereby presence or absence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli and Escherichia coli in the sample is simultaneously detected.

Abstract: A plurality of probes are immobilized on a carrier for detecting food poisoning bacteria, the plurality of probes being selected, either alone or in combination, respectively from two or more groups among a first probe group for detecting Escherichia coli, a second probe group for detecting Listeria, a third probe group for detecting Campylobacter, a fourth probe group for detecting Vibrio parahaemolyticus, a fifth probe group for detecting Staphylococcus aureus, a sixth probe group for detecting Salmonella, and a seventh probe group for detecting Bacillus cereus. Two or more types of food poisoning bacteria among Escherichia coli, Listeria, Campylobacter, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella, and Bacillus cereus can be specifically and simultaneously detected using the carrier.